Decision details

Gypsy, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople - Accommodation Need Update

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: For Determination

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To update Members on the Council's position with regard to accommodation needs and sites for the Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople community.

Decision:

RESOLVED that:

 

(1)  the City Council’s position with regard to permanent site opportunities for the Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople community be endorsed; and

 

(2)  it be noted that officers have made a formal request under the ‘Duty to Cooperate’ to Gloucestershire district planning authorities seeking assistance in identifying a deliverable site to provide for the needs of Gloucester’s Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople community.

 

(3)  the ongoing work within the County to review the need for transit sites and temporary tolerated stopping places be noted.

 

Report author: Adam Gooch

Publication date: 12/09/2019

Date of decision: 11/09/2019

Decided at meeting: 11/09/2019 - Cabinet

Effective from: 20/09/2019

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